Trivia

In the 1960s his novel 'Clap Hands If You Believe in Fairies' was a first in bringing the devastation caused by the thalidomide drug to the attention of a wider public.

Retired from film making and acting with his long-term partner Rod Pienaar to the Italian region of Tuscany in 1996.

They returned to London, England in 2010.

He discovered Patrick Wymark's body after Wymark had died in Australia while on a theater tour.

Author of Close Up (memoirs published in 2004), Bard in the Bush (about his touring company the London Shakespeare Company), novels - Clap Hands If You Believe in Fairies, In Place of Reason, and a play - Cannibal Crackers.

Film, television and theatre actor from childhood until his retirement in 1996.

He was offered a Hollywood contract but turned it down as he didn't fancy living in Los Angeles.

Upon his death, he was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium and his ashes scattered in their rose garden.

He served in the army and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Signals in Germany where he learned to ride,fence, ski and drive.

Never trained as an actor and lied about his age to join a Glasgow theatre as an assistant stage manager when 16, Later at the Citizens Theatre he was spotted and cast in the tv series Kidnapped which led to London and films.

His 3rd novel was "In Place of Reason.".

Wrote 2 plays: "Cannibal Crackers," and "Pure Filth," the latter never staged.

Wrote the book "The Bard in the Bush," about the travels of a small group of actors taking the theatre to people in distant parts of the world.